The blues runs through this whole album. As John McLaughlin once said 'if you take rhythm and blues out of jazz then you got no jazz. This track happened by accident. I was trying to get my walking bass lines together and ended up playing this blues.
One of the interesting things about the blues is that if you keep pushing against it you go into abstraction. Coltrane did this to great effect on the song Chasin' the 'Trane. I try my best to do that here.
In April 2014 I visited a recording studio with two of my favourite musicians and recorded this... Murphy McCaleb on trombone, Steve Lawson on bass and myself on drums. Andy Edwards
Summary: A great album. I'll play it many times again, currently also my "end of the day immersion" choice, where it's percolating well : )
Favorite Track: Solid State ^^^ mj323
"Moon Safari" is back with a full-length studio album after more than 10 years - not counting the interesting collaboration in 2016 with Steve Nardelli and his band "The Syn". It's the long-awaited second part of "Himlabacken", and it's in the same vein, to my delight. Once again, incredible melody arcs and lush vocal harmonies in abundance! Pontus Åkesson surprises with an AOR ballad - unusual for the band, but such a magnificent one that it became my favorite track. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)